What's strange is that these two candidates are very similar along many axes: both were born with intelligence, ambition, and opportunity; both went to Harvard; both are more center than extreme; both of them had the same health care plan; both of them have taken lots of money from special interest groups.

If they're polarizing it's because Americans are looking for differences like what Supreme Court justices they'll pick or what side of gay marriage and immigration amnesty they're on. Ethnic is mostly an ugly shortcut for those things.